Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-16

| and Mr.. Co,san proprietor OF the Cataract
I house at Sioux Falls. Their evidence was
very strong, tending to show that the de-
PENDANT was i'll the Shepherd saloon when
| the shot was fired which killed Haduock.
Their evidence, however, was damaged by
that introduced in rebuttal. The sur-re-
bu,,nl amounted to little else than the ex-
am ning of witnesses who testified to the
| good reputa of other witnesses. A synop-
| Sis Of the more impor. ant testimony Is
given.
IN SUPPORT OF AN ALIHI.
| Strong Evidence Tending to Show That
4ircnstiorf Was Not Present AT the Kill
| ing of IIatldock.
Louis Hagenois, being sworn said:
am steward and chief cook of the Juno
club of Milwaukee. lived in Sioux City
i'll 1856 and was here at the time of the
murder. l was working at the Shepherd
saloon. ! was cook in the restaurant D lrt
| OF the saloon. The mig 1t OF the murder |
went off duty at 8 80 o'clock. At that time
| Arenstlorf came Ill and ordered two porter
house steaks with mushrooms. There was
| II man with Arensdorf. 1t was twenty or
| twenty five minutes till Arensdorf ate the
steak. ] was out about fteen minutes.
When | came in Arensdorf was out, but
Ill IL SIoIl tlilIc uc CulIlt tJiCh.
and l shook dice and took beer. Then
Arensdor, went out. No one but Corsan,
of Sioux Fails was in the saloon when
| Arcnsdorf and ] were shaking dice.
went ou', and Champion, who was stand
| ing IN the Goor, said that somebody was
| shot--lEat gambler was killed. A short
time before Arensdorf went out Corsan
went out. | knew Arcnsdolf we'll. He
had on a blue coat, and ! DONE remember
what color of pants. Arcnsdorf didn't
have Il rubber coat.
Cross examination: Arensdorf came in
TO the Shepherd restaurant about 8 o'clock,
! and ordered steak for two. | went back to
the kitchen and gave The order, and then
with Arensdorf was a man OF dark COM
| plex,on. 1t was near 1920 when left the
Lnr-Joom. ] didn't look ut a clock or
watch. | don't know exactly what time it
was. Before going home | went to the
body and heard that 1t was Haddocl1. I
don't remember how long l was absent
when / went out after Arensdcrf and the
man started i'll o get their supper. think
| it was about fifteen minutes. ] don't know
| whether went up stars or in the cellar
| There was gambling room up stairs. l
don't remember seeing anyone while l was
gone. | don't know anything about j., ex-
cept that went away somewhere. Arens-
dorf was III the restaurant when went out.
After | came back Arensdorf had had his
supper and had stepped out. He came in
then and we shook dice after that. Corsan
and his friends had had supper before
that. Corsan was eating supper when l
got Arensdorf's order for supper. The
last thing ] did before gong Off duty
was to cook Corsan's order. 1t was
about 1890 the time Arensdorf came
in the last time, and he stayed five or
six minutes. We shook dice that time.
After shaking dice Arensdorf went. A
few ninutes-about four or five minutes
after Arensdorf went out, Campbs II and !
went to the door. While we were in the
door some one said there was n gambler
shot. Then we went right down to the
Columbia house. Campbell said it was
Haddock. / suppose it was about ten
minutes after Arensdorf it the saloon
that got to where the body was. The
saloon was two and a half blocks from the
Columbia house corner. / cont know
which direct on it is. l don't know east
from west nor north from south. Tn It
was always a hard Thing for NE to learn
don't need to know in cooking. | don't
know whether the sun rises in the east.
never took any interest in the directions. l
| don't know how far it is from the Shep-
herd saloon to the Columbia house corner.
1t might be ten blocks or twenty bio ks
don't know. l don't know whether it was
one block or more or less. 1t may be one
and one-half ortwo and one-hnlf blocks
1t was twenty five or thirty minutes af er
Arensdorf gave the orGer for steak TIL
came back from the gambling room and
shook dice with Arenslorf 1t WAS after
Arensdort AMI the man went in to cat their
supper that l went up stairs. \. en- l
came back they We're not there. | u.,,u I
see them go out. Alter I came back il v;,s
about twenty minutes till l saw Arensdorf
i don't know just how long.
c. W. Co!san, Of Sioux Falls, testified:
I have lived at Sioux Falls about sixteen
yenrs and am proprietor of the Cataract
house. know the witness, Louis Hage-
nois The first time l saw HIM was the
night of the murder, Mt the Shepherd sa-
loon. l took supper at the restaurant |
saw the witness Louis shaking dice. had
just gone out plst him and was standing
in the door and heard apistol. The man
who was shaking dice with Louis was
q roughly dressed man. 1 don't know
what color of clothes he had on. ]
noticed that he had on high boots
and seemed muddy. l don't know
whether they were rubber boots. Ny
brother had engaged Louis Week before.
was waiting for the train for Omaha and
went to the restaurant to get supper with
three other persons. When got supper
went out and saw Louis shaking dice.
had discharged drunken cook shor
time before, and watched Louis particu.
larry to see if he was drinking and wha
kind of company he kept. I noticed tina
the man he was with WAS a rough looking
man, but can't identify the latter Wne1
l went out heard the pis,ol-shot fired
went down too see the dead man.
might have started in two Or three minute
almost immediately.
Cross e1aminatlon waived.
The defense introduced large numbe
of witnesses who contradicteu the evidence